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Was just pondering the SWICS for AOC, For the Quad turbo laser we have a value of 200 GT per shot.. What does that mean exactily, is a shot based on all 4 barrels, or for each output of a single barrel?

Now do we consider a Quad TL a Hvy, VHvy or Med Tl battery?

What about the Turrets guns on ISD... Yield? and the point defense TL ?

and does the Assault transport boardsides out wieght that of an imperial stardestroyer?

What is the final rational behind this figure? BDZ? Deathstar's superlaser?...

omegaLancer wrote:Was just pondering the SWICS for AOC, For the Quad turbo laser we have a value of 200 GT per shot.. What does that mean exactily, is a shot based on all 4 barrels, or for each output of a single barrel?

Now do we consider a Quad TL a Hvy, VHvy or Med Tl battery?

What about the Turrets guns on ISD... Yield? and the point defense TL ?

and does the Assault transport boardsides out wieght that of an imperial stardestroyer?

What is the final rational behind this figure? BDZ? Deathstar's superlaser?...

output of single barrel.
hvy tl battery.

Are there any visuals of the Acclamator turbolaser batteries firing?

If no, then your guess is as good as mine.

If yes, then the answer is in the firing pattern of the turbolaser batteries.

If the quad turret fires a series of four bolts in rapid succession, the way an X-Wing or TIE Interceptor does, then the value has to be per barrel.

If the quad turret fires two pairs of bolts in rapid succession, the way the quad guns of the Millenium falcon work, then the value has to be per pair of barrels.

If the quad turret fires all four barrels simultaneously, the way the armored turrets of Death Star I and ISDs do, then the value should be for all four barrels fired collectively. That would still leave an imposing 50 gigatons per individual barrel.

Unless the shots from each individual barrel "fuse" together in the same fashion in which a dual blaster is described as functioning, I cannot see how the phrase "per shot" would refer to anything other than a single blast from a single barrel, since the phrase is, of course, singular.

Oh master Yoda, would it be a heavy? from the original SWIC we have 2 Quad batteries, the barrels appear much bigger than the ones for the Turret guns flanking the super structure... Are these quad cannons similar...

It would have to refer to a single shot from a single barrel, from the phrasing and to be consistent with the way in which the phrase was used in the rest of the ICS.

And, yes, there are MUCH heavier weapons on SD's and other capital ships, but the Acclamator is a mere transport and it is from an earlier era. While most of the technology is similar to that used in Ep. II, there have obviously been a few advancements in most technologies. SD HTL's are likely FAR more powerful than those on an Acclamator. The word "heavy" is probably in reference to other weapons available on an ISD. For instance, a heavy machine gun for an infantry group is not the same as a powerful machine gun on an aircraft.

I believe it means a single barrel shot at maximum power.

And if you were wondering, 200 gigatons is equivalent to 8.4E20 Joules, but I'm sure you knew that.

Anyway, SW2ICS described an Acclamator's BDZ as a "fleet bomardment", while an ISD can perform one by itself, so I'm guessing the ISD numbers are higher, even after you acount for the extra guns.

I'm guessing the ISD numbers are higher

I'm certain they are... however, 200 GT is sufficient for most debates, and is pretty indisputable.

I'm guessing ISD numbers are a whole hell of a lot higher. I've always wondered, since Wong got 14 GT broadsides by bending over backwards to be conservative, what the result would be if he did those same calcs with more realistic assumptions. I'm betting we'd see teraton figures.